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Laos
Index
Roads, Railroads, and Ports: Landlocked; no
ports, but
some inland waterways, primarily on Mekong River and its
tributaries. Poorly developed road system although greater
infrastructure development, particularly as result of
foreign aid;
few reliable transportation routes because of mountainous
topography and lack of development. No railroad system
although
memorandum signed with Thailand in November 1994 to
conduct sixmonth survey on possibility of construction of railroad
from middle
of Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand to a
station in
Laos.
Civil Aviation: Lao Aviation, state airline.
Wattai
Airport, Vientiane, planned for upgrade to international
standard.
Louangprabang Airport targeted for refurbishment and
expansion
beginning May 1994. Lao People's Army building new airport
in
Oudômxai. Main international routes to Bangkok, Guangzhou,
Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City, Kunming, and Phnom Penh. Limited
internal air
service includes flights to Louangphrabang, Pakxé,
Savannakhét,
Vientiane, and Xiangkhoang.
Telecommunications: Limited domestic and
international
telecommunications links. Four government-owned television
channels
(1994); ten medium-wave AM radio stations, seven
short-wave AM
radio stations, and one FM radio station (1994). One
ground
satellite station linked to Intersputnik system (1994);
all other
international telecommunications go by antiquated
high-frequency
radio to Hong Kong and short-wave link to Bangkok (1987).
Approximately 8,000 telephones, largely limited to
government users
in capital (1986).
Data as of July 1994
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